Peugeot Rifter: Built with adventures in mind | Martin Love

Part van, part car - the all-new Rifter from Peugeot is ready to work hard all week and party at the weekend

Peugeot Rifter
Price from 20,240
Top speed 116mph
0-62mph 10.9 seconds
MPG 64.2
CO2 117g/km

There's a boy in the back seat of the car in front of us. Every now and again his hand appears out of the window, clutching a red Dinky toy. He makes the little car swoop up and down and swerve left and right, mirroring the movement of the big car he's in. I can't see his face, but I know it will be a picture of happy concentration. I know because it's something I used to do. In fact, I probably spent hundreds of hours doing it. Before a journey, I'd select the vehicle that would be coming along. If my parents told me to shut the window, I'd balance my little die-cast motor on the sill or park it carefully on the rear parcel shelf. Watching the boy in front fills me with nostalgia. I begin to feel almost tearful" But I am a grown-up. This is ridiculous. I'm actually driving a real car - and this is what I always dreamed of doing!